A Distant Thunder

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Based on 18 ratings
1988 Ratings: #82
November 29, 1988 / Release Date
LP / Format
Metal Blade / Label
Bill MetoyerProducer
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Riperoo
92

Power metal perfection

Dragonaut_512
96

Thank you @KaShryX for the recommendation!!!

Helstar is a band I’ve been meaning to get to, as I have one of their albums in my library. And listening to this album makes me kick myself for not getting into them sooner. This is just straight peak US Power Metal with awesome guitar work, especially in the lead playing. And oh my god the vocals, very in line with Michael Kiske or Bruce Dickinson, and the high screams are fucking ridiculous. Also, I’m not a Scorpions fan, but they ... read more

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Track List

  1. The King Is Dead
  2. Bitter End
  3. Abandon Ship
  4. Tyrannicide
  5. Scorcher
  6. Genius of Insanity
  7. The Whore of Babylon
  8. Winds of War
  9. He's a Woman, She's a Man
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